#Infection

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Even as a virologist, there’s one insidious type of bacteria that weighs on my mind. Borrelia- carried by ticks, causes Lyme disease. Thank you @pfizer for recognizing that we do

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

Doctors and scientists are racing to solve the medical mystery of long Covid, and with good reasonIf the first act of the pandemic was the tragic death toll, the second

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

syhsolo

SINCE TRUMP CONFIRMED THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL SH00T HERE IS A QUICK THREAD ON HOW TO TREAT A BULLET WOUND!!! PLEASE SHARE!!!! MAKE SURE THE VICTIM IS IN A SAFE

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

We need to limit the number of close contacts we have each day and each week. SARS-CoV-2 transmits through prolonged close contact. What do we mean by close? The virus

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Let's have a look at this thread of lies by @WHO.Yes, #GBDeclaration is advocating for a Focused approach to managing the disease. Eventually herd immunity is reached whatever route you

Leo Reap

Leo_ReapDO

A hematology @tony_breu-style tweetorial: Why does lymphopenia occur in #COVID19?A normal WBC count and lymphopenia are seen in patients affected by COVID-19, but why it occurs has bothered me since

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME—#COVID19 mutation becomes more concerning. The coronavirus can mutate swiftly in one person’s body. New case study: #SARSCoV2 “resurged again & again in the body of an infected man, eventually

Ayesha Appa

AyeshaAppaMD

Like ID fellows everywhere, love a S. aureus bacteremia consult. It’s delicious + . Spent hrs discussing complicated or uncomp? 2, 4, or 6 weeks? Dispense recs and sign

Peter English #FBPE

petermbenglish

I have never seen anything so stupid.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works1/6 It says "If your test is negative, you and other household members no longer need to self-isolate."This completely undermines the

Justice For Breonna Taylor

yes_indee_d

Been seeing this circulate and can confirm what I learned at work on Monday. Hospitals can no longer report to CDC via NHSN -National Healthcare Safety Network.https://twitter.com/nick_kapur/status/1283261781008437248 NHSN is the

Dr Zoë Hyde

DrZoeHyde

(1/5) Perhaps 20-50% of people already have T cells which recognise the virus causing #COVID19. This study shows that these T cells result from past infections with the coronaviruses which

Cambria Bailey-Jones

CambriaBailey

Um. It’s #MEAwarenessDay. I find this weird to talk about online in any depth really. Making movies is a lot more fun and it’s nice to have A BIT of

Dr Kate Miller

DrKate_Miller

Aged care facility visits today - thoughts I had on the road (I love a road job). 1/8 We need an on-the ground infection control group who standardises the setup.

Paul Nightingale

Nightingale_P

I was going to do a thread on how to understand the risks of Covid-10 infection. But it all got too complicated, so I’m going to summarise what I have

Charlie Camosy

CCamosy

"It is appalling that Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators — Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey — had to fight to secure a “secret list” of substandard nursing homes. But

Victoria

Vixxylixxy

A lot of people think that when you are dealing with Covid-19 patients that you wear the whole long blue apron with FFP3 or equivalent masks etc that was at